ELA vocab unit 9

AMI/AMIC

Love

Amiable

(Adj) Good natured, friendly, social able

Syn: friendly, agreeable

Ant: unfriendly

Enamor

(v) To fill or inflame with love

Syn: Enthrall, Fascinate

Ant: repel

Anthrop

Human, Man

Anthropomorphic

(adj) Ascribing human form or attributes to a deity or animal

Syn: humanoid, manlike

Misanthrope

(n) Hater of mankind

Ant: humanitarian

SCENT/SCEND

climb

Ascent

(n) an act of upward movement

Syn: climb, rise

Ant: decent, decline

Condescend

(v) to behave as though having to come down from a superior position; to come down to another’s level

Syn: stoop

Ant: respect, compliment

SON

Sound

Dissonance

(n) Inharmonious sound; disharmony; cacophony

Syn: Disagreement, conflict

Ant: harmony, agreement

Resonance

(n) Echoing, having prolonged impact or effect

Syn: reverberation

PUGN

Fight

Repugnant

(adj) Distasteful, objectionable, or offensive

Syn: hostile, adverse

Ant: Agreeable, delightful

Pugnacious

(Adj) Inclined to fight, quarrelsome

Syn: belligerent, aggressive

Ant: kind, peaceful

SPIR/ SPER

Breathe

Inspire

(v) to fill with an animating influence, to arouse

Syn: Invigorate

Ant: discourage

Transpire

(v) to occur

Synonyms: Occur

TANG / TACT

Touch

Tactile

(adj) pertaining to the sense of touch

Syn: touchable, tangible

Ant: intangible, abstract

Tangential

(adj) Being only slightly on topic or related to the subject

Syn: digressive, irrelevant

Ant: relevant, pertinent

-ATE

To become

Alleviate

(V) to lesson or to relieve

Syn: assuage

Ant: aggravate

Captivate

(v) to capture and hold the attention of; to enchant

Syn: enthrall

Ant: repel, disgust